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Consciousness.
Cartesian Theater |
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1. A person's subjective experience of the world and the mind.
2. Cartesian Theater-- the place in your head where the things are presented for viewing by your mind's eye. The mental stage. |
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| how things seem to the conscious person |
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| Problem of other minds and the dilemma when we try to perceive the consciousness of others |
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| we don't know anything about what is going on in other people's minds. we can't be sure whether they are conscious or not. |
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| the quality of being directed toward an object |
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| its resistance to division. example with watching the tv and studying at the same time |
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| its resistance to division. example with watching the tv and studying at the same time |
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pineal gland
the mind is what the brain does |
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| selectivity of consciousness |
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| the mind filters out some information-- its capacity to include some things and not others |
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Dichotic listening
Cocktail party phenomenon |
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is when people in headphones presented with different information is their ears
2. when somebody says your name you tune into the message even if you filtered it out from the beginning. people are very sensitive to their names |
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| transience of consciousness |
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| the tendency of consciousness to change. from one "right now" to another. like a stream, river, flow. |
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| mind inputs sensations and outputs behavior and we are not aware of having this experience |
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| when you are fully aware that you are having this experience. you know that you can report your mental stage |
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| person's attention is drawn to himself as an object. mirror example, guilty |
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| experience sampling technique |
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| is when people are asked what they are experiencing- thinking loud |
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| when you consciously suppress the thought-- avoid it |
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| an active system of hidden memories and desires that you have inner sttrugle to control these. |
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| the deliberate transfer of thought from consciousness to unconsc. |
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| the mental proccesses that are note experienced by the person but that give rise to emotions, choices and behaviors |
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| when a behavior is influenced by the stimulus but it was so that your consc. could not register it |
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circadian myth
stages of sleep |
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24 hour cycle.
1. theta waves
2. bursts of activity SLEEP SPINDLES and K COMPLXES
3 and 4-- slow-wave sleep. DELTA WAVES |
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| -- rapid eye movements and a high level of brain activity. |
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| reduced mental acuity, reaction time, irritabily, depression, risk of injury and accidents |
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1. difficulty of falling asleep
2. short stops of breathing while sleeping |
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sleep walking
2. sudden attacks occur in the middle of waking |
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sleep paralysis
night terrors |
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when awake- can't move
abrupt awakwnings with panic and emotional arousal |
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| 5 major characteristics of dream |
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intensely feeling emotions
illogical thought
sensation- is fully formed and meaningful
Uncritical acceptance
difficulty of remembering |
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| Psychoanalytic theory of dreams- manifest content and latent one |
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unconsc. creates obscure dreams.
1. the supeficial-- apparent meaning of the dream
2. the underlying meaning of the dream |
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| activation synthesis theory |
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| brain tries to make sense of random neural activities in the brain |
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| substances that influences consciousness by affecting the brain's messaging system |
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| when person needs more dose to achieve the same result |
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| when people cant quit due to the physical pain. painful withdrawal period |
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| when people cant quit due to the physical pain. painful withdrawal period |
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| people want to return to drugs even when the physical dependence is over |
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substances that reduce the activty of cns
example-alcohol and barbiturates |
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| increase the activity of cns., cocaine, caffeine, nicotine, ectasy |
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| drugs produced from opium that can relieve pain. will being and relaxation |
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| produce the most extreme alterations of consciousness-- alter PERCEPTION and SENSATION. LSD |
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| affects judgement and short-term memory. tolerance and withdrawal symptoms are minimal |
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